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Hawaiian
Etymology
From ʻehu (“sea spray; reddish hair”); name of an ancient chief. Also a short form of compound given names containing this word.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ʻEhu
- a male or (sometimes) female given name from Hawaiian
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ehu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name of 17 women and 30 men.